The player under the gun limped, but Bryan Beggs on his left raised to 4,500. The small blind called, but not Greg White (who seems to be the chipleader of the tournament for now) in the big blind. After him, the under the gun player called.
On 9♦10♦9♥, all three players still in the hand checked. But on the turn J♣, when the small blind checked once again, the player under the gun bet 6,000. Immediately, Briggs moved all in for 30,500 chips. The big blind folded. And after a few seconds, the under the gun player gave his cards to the dealer too.
Early position bet 4,500 and was met with a raise by the button to 16,100. Lonnie Boeding in the small blind moved all in for 35,400. The early position player also shoved for 57,000. The button went deep into the tank and eventually folded.
Lonnie Boeding: Q♥Q♦
Early Position: A♥A♠
Boeding was in rough shape, but a queen on the flop on the completed board of K♥Q♦6♣8♣8♥ gave Boeding queens full of eights to take a massive pot before bagging time.
Day 1 of Event #61 $1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold’em has ended, and yet again, another record has been broken at the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. A massive 3,122 players created a new record field for the event exclusively for players aged over 60 years old, smashing past last year’s attendance of 2,669.
Heading into Day 2 as the chip leader is Kevin Durgin with 392,000, closely followed by Greg White with 384,000. Frenchman Christian Guittier, who was in the chip lead for most of the day, returns on June 28 with the third largest stack with 366,500 and is in contention to win the WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $371,063.
Four-time bracelet winner Farzad Bonyadi bagged up 261,000 chips, which is enough for eighth-place at the restart.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Kevin Durgin
United States
392,000
196
2
Greg White
United States
384,000
192
3
Christian Guittier
France
366,500
183
4
Geoffrey Gault
United States
308,000
154
5
Michael Thorpe
United States
294,500
147
6
Dieter Dechant
United States
288,000
144
7
Rassoul Malboubi
United States
280,000
140
8
Farzad Bonyadi
United States
261,000
131
9
John Haddad
United States
252,500
126
10
James Guziak
United States
248,500
124
Several players who made a deep run in the Seniors Championship event this week also made an appearance at the Super Seniors, including second-placed poker legend Billy Baxter and third-placed Dan Heimiller.
Also in the field was Hall of Famer Barbara Enright, who will return on Day 2 with 51,000. Costa Rica’s number one player of all time Humberto Brenes (73,000). Last year's winner Massoud Eskandari is in contention to go back-to-back after bagging for Day 2.
Some 808 will return on Day 2 at 10 a.m. local time on June 28 in Horseshoe Red and Blue sectionswhere the players will play for ten 60-minute levels. The players return at Level 11, with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 big blind ante. They will hope to finish in the top 469 to guarantee a min-cash of $1,600. There will be a dinner break after Level 16 and 15-minute breaks after every second level.
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